§ Mr. Wainwrightasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much the estimated full-year yield of income tax would be reduced if the tax threshold for a married man in a one-earner household were raised to equal the normal supplementary benefit maximum assuming two school-age children.
§ Mr. Moore[pursuant to his reply, 19 February 1985, c. 434]: If the non-aged married man's tax allowance for 1985–86 was set at the current level of the supplementary benefit ordinary scale rate for a married man with two children (one under 11 and one aged 11 to 15), the direct revenue cost on top of statutory indexation would be about £1 billion in a full year. If the other main allowances were raised in ine with the married man's allowance, the additional cost (on top of indexation) would be approximately £870 million.